Today we call her the High Priestess, and she is one of the most favored cards amongst tarot readers. The High Priestess represents what we often call “other ways of knowing.” That is, she employs methods that are not logical or rational. Instead, she is a practitioner of the intuitive and psychic arts. While the Magician illustrates the external expression of our magical and creative abilities by manifesting our will in the world, the High Priestess illustrates an inner connection with the Universe and a different sort of magic.
She is often an enigmatic card, sometimes frustrating, because we often say of her that she “knows but doesn’t tell.” She keeps silent. She represents